Groups provide students with a collaborative workspace where they will have shared access to Files, Conferences, Announcements and several other tools. You can also create Group Assignments. For a more detailed overview of Groups, please see the Canvas guide.
To create a group:
- Click on People in the left hand course navigation
- Within the People menu you will see a tab for Groups next to the Everyone tab.
- Click on the Groups tab.
- Then click on +Group Set. This is a category that will contain the actual students groups
- To add students to the group you can manually assign them, have CourseWorks randomly assign them, or allow students to self sign up
Once students have been added to a group or joined on their own, the group will appear in their global navigation under Courses and Groups. Instructors or TAs can access the groups:
- Go to the People tab
- Click on the cog next to the group
- Select Visit Group Home page.